12 "For thus says the Lord , 'Your wound is incurable And your injury is serious . 13 'There is no one to plead your cause ; No healing for your sore , No recovery for you. 14 'All your lovers have forgotten you, They do not seek you; For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy , With the punishment of a cruel one , Because your iniquity is great And your sins are numerous . 15 'Why do you cry out over your injury ? Your pain is incurable . Because your iniquity is great And your sins are numerous , I have done these things to you. 16 'Therefore all who devour you will be devoured ; And all your adversaries , every one of them, will go into captivity ; And those who plunder you will be for plunder , And all who prey upon you I will give for prey . 17 'For I will restore you to health And I will heal you of your wounds ,' declares the Lord , 'Because they have called you an outcast , saying: "It is Zion ; no one cares for her."'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 30:12-17
Commentary on Jeremiah 30:12-17
(Read Jeremiah 30:12-17)
When God is against a people, who will be for them? Who can be for them, so as to do them any kindness? Incurable griefs are owing to incurable lusts. Yet, though the captives suffered justly, and could not help themselves, the Lord intended to appear for them, and to punish their oppressors; and he will still do so. But every effort to heal ourselves must prove fruitless, so long as we neglect the heavenly Advocate and sanctifying Spirit. The dealings of His grace with every true convert, and every returning backslider, are the same in effect as his proceedings to the Jews.